Events

Our friend Jesse Plevel of Colter Coffee in lovely Kalispell, Montana, wrote to tell us about an awesome coffee get-together that recently took place in her town, organized by Colter. It sounded so fun we wanted to share it with our readers in hopes that it inspires you as much … Read more →

Not that we’re over our giddiness from the World Barista Championship (WBC) in Melbourne, which concluded Sunday with the United States sweeping the World Brewers Cup (Erin McCarthy) and the WBC (Pete Licata), but we’re switching gears now and counting down the days to Coffee Fest Chicago, which is just … Read more →

Editor’s note: Our friend Todd Goldsworthy of Klatch Coffee is successfully organizing a bitchen series of TNT events in Southern California called LA TNT. The series kicked off in April and will continue through November, with a showdown against the Bay Area Coffee Community. Barista Magazine is super stoked to be … Read more →

We who work in the coffee industry—as baristas, roasters, cuppers, cafe owners, and even the few like me who get to write about them for a living—have it pretty good, for a lot of reasons. But one of the best reasons is the way we celebrate together. Perhaps one of … Read more →

The sunshine, the new friends, the unending laughter: it feels like barista summer camp all up in here! Welcome to Day 2 of DC Campus, the remarkable 3-day event hosted by Dalla Corte in Milano that brings national champions from latte art and coffee in good spirits competitions together to … Read more →

It took only an hour or two for the baristas assembled in Milan for the DC Campus event this weekend to warm up as though they were old friends. Though most had never met before this, their shared passion for coffee and craftsmanship brought them together in a spectacular way. Here … Read more →

Someday hopefully all the National Latte Art Champs and the National Coffee In Good Spirits Champs will be able to attend a pre-World Championship training event like DC Campus. For this event this weekend here in Milan, there are 25 who will learn and share from one another—it’s going to … Read more →

Good morning from Milano, where the second annual DC Campus has just kicked off. This three-day program is organized and produced by Dalla Corte espresso machines, which is the espresso machine sponsor of the World Latte Art Championship and the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, both of which will … Read more →

Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend the third installment of a Business Issues Forum for Coffee Roasters here in Portland. It was convened by our Congressional Representative Earl Blumenauer and held at the Stumptown Coffee Roasters HQ. As with the previous meetings, all Portland-area roasters were invited to attend. … Read more →

Let’s give it up for Panda (who is occasionally referred to as Michael Fernandez), for his work these past two years at organizing the ongoing Thursday Night Throwdowns in the Pacific Northwest. Panda—who works at Espresso Parts—puts in a lot, a lot, a lot of time getting these events ready … Read more →